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Class Is In Session Introducing the leaders of a new school of San Antonio drag

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“The Session of Oppression.” That’s what LGBT rights advocates have nicknamed Texas’ 85th Legislative Session. In the legislature’s brief, five-month stretch, conservative state lawmakers pitched no less than two dozen bills aimed at restricting the rights of LGBT Texans. “This is the largest number of specifically anti-LGBT bills that we’ve ever faced,” said Chuck Smith, CEO of Equality Texas, who’s been advocating for LGBT rights at the capitol for over a decade. “It’s an all-out assault on LGBT people.” This barrage of anti-LGBT legislation has even forced lawmakers to return to the capitol in July for a special session. Texas certainly isn’t alone. Already, state lawmakers have introduced over 130 anti-LGBT bills across the country in 2017. But, according to the Human Rights Campaign, Texas leads the nation in the sheer number of bills proposed this year to discriminate against LGBT people. At the top of the list is the so-called “bathroom bill,” a measure that would prohibit transgender people from using public bathrooms that align with their gender identity. It was a scorched-earth response to trans kids who felt uncomfortable using public school bathrooms that didn’t match the gender they identify with. During a late-night senate hearing, a 10-year-old trans girl named Rose told senators about a time she used the men’s room at school and a boy had climbed up and peeked over her stall. “It did not feel right,” she said. “If I ever go into a boy’s room again, it will bring up the same memory again and again.” Perhaps thanks to Lieutenant Gov. Dan Patrick’s

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grandstanding about the dangers of allowing “grown men” in bathrooms with “little girls,” the number of conservatives who care about the bill increased 13 percentage points from February to June (and 31 points among Tea Party Republicans). To Patrick’s indignation, however, the senate bill stalled on the House floor in late May — and House Speaker John Strauss announced he would only allow his chamber to pass a watered-down version of the Senate’s anti-trans bill. There were more important things to wrap up before the session’s May 29th end, Strauss said. “It’s absurd that bathroom bills have taken on greater urgency than fixing our school finance system,” he told reporters at a press conference. In response, Patrick vowed to hold must-pass legislation hostage in the Senate until the Texas House budged on bathroom bills (and a property tax reform bill). The session ended in a stalemate. But since Patrick hadn’t let the Senate vote on mandatory bills, ones that must pass to keep critical state agencies open, Gov. Greg Abbott had to step in. On June 6, Abbott called a 30-day-long special session, meaning lawmakers would have to return to Austin July 18 and hash out unresolved issues of Abbott’s choosing. Including bathroom rules for trans people. “At a minimum, we need a law that protects the privacy of our children in our public schools,” Abbott said after announcing the session, a clear reference to public school bathrooms. We already know there will be at least two bills filed in the coming special session to reignite the bathroom fight, both penned by House Republican Ron Simmons. Last week, Simmons told the Dallas Morning News

he’ll file one bill to bar trans students from using the public school bathrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity, and another more sweeping bill to extend the ban to all public buildings and other places of “public accommodation” — like coffee shops, movie theaters and hotels. Equality Texas’ Smith says this streamlined focus on anti-LGBT bills, both in Texas and the country, is a direct response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2015 decision to legalize gay marriage. “Lawmakers don’t want to recognize the law of the land,” said Smith. “So instead they are going to try and thwart the rights of LGBT community to limit other aspects in their lives.” And it’s not just in bathrooms. In the recent regular session, Texas lawmakers proposed dozens of bills to maim LGBT rights, like legislation that would require school counselors to out LGBT students to their parents or bills to allow county clerks and other public officials to refuse to issue marriage licenses to LGBT couples. One, which allows private religion-based adoption agencies to refuse service to LGBT parents because of their religious beliefs, was even signed into law. It’s this tactic — using religious beliefs to legalize discrimination — that threatens to accelerate anti-LGBT bills to the governor’s desk. Smith said she doesn’t see “religious refusal” bills slowing down anytime soon. “Ultimately, I think there will have to be a national case regarding a religious refusal law,” he said. “The Supreme Court will have to decide the constitutionality of this kind of discrimination.”

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It’s been three years since San Antonio’s LGBT community had an ally in the mayor’s office. During her time in office, former Mayor Ivy Taylor did little to recognize the existence of her LGBT constituents, let alone support them. She called 2013’s

non-discrimination ordinance — a measure that added protections for sexual orientation, gender identity and veteran status to the city code — a “waste of time,” didn’t mention the LGBT community once when she spoke at a vigil for the 2016 shooting at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub, and dodged all LGBT-organized candidate forums in her recent campaign for reelection. This feeling of erasure from the city’s LGBT community left her with the nickname “Poison Ivy.” But Taylor didn’t return to city hall after the June 10 runoff election against former city councilman Ron Nirenberg, a loss some attributed to her stance on LGBT rights. To the LGBT community, the election of Mayor Nirenberg signals a reversal (or at least, acknowledgement) of LGBT issues at City Hall. “I hope the LGBTQ community sees the election as a turning of the page,” Nirenberg told the Current on his first day in office last week. “There’s no relationship to repair here, I’m already an ally.” The community seems to agree. Just a day into his new job, Nirenberg was selected to be a grand marshal of the city’s pride parade. While Taylor set a considerably low bar for Nirenberg to meet to improve the office’s relationship with San Antonio's gay community, Nirenberg has promised significant changes to the way the city addresses LGBT issues. But now that he’s off the campaign trail, what will it really look like to have an LGBT ally back at the helm of City Council? To the new mayor, it means leaving the city boundaries. “We’re in an oasis in Bexar County...we have rational, accepting officials and community members. That’s not the case up in Austin,” Nirenberg told us. “We need to do what we can to support the threats coming from outside San Antonio.” Nirenberg’s talking about the Texas Legislature, which just

> A Bexar County grand jury has brought a new that stuck her with the nickname “Angel of Death.” murder charge against 66-year-old Genene Jones in a McClellan’s death — paired with another near-death renewed push to keep the former nurse behind bars. incident involving another baby — stuck her with a Jones is charged with killing 2-year99-year sentence. State prosecutors were old Rosemary Vega with an unknown certain she’d live out the rest of her life injection while working at the Bexar behind bars, and that there was no County Hospital (now University need to tack on additional charges for Hospital) nearly 40 years ago. the dozens of other murders she’d The indictment last week comes been suspected of committing. ALEX ZIELINSKI | @ALEX_ZEE on the heels of a similar charge But because of a 1977 “good handed down in May accusing time” law granting all inmates a Second murder Jones of killing Joshua Sawyer, an dramatically reduced sentence for charge added to 11-month-old baby, in 1981 — the good behavior, Jones is now up for decades-old babysame year of Vega’s death — with a parole in March 2018, 65 years before killer case sedative injection. her original release date. (That law was It’s a particularly unusual case, since changed in 1996 to allow officials to block Jones was already convicted for murder certain offenders from being eligible for this in 1983 for the death of a 15-month-old Chelsea rule — but it can’t be applied retroactively.) Ann McClellan, who Jones injected with a powerful That’s why Bexar County District Attorney Nico LaHood muscle relaxant instead of routine baby shots. The started digging up new cases in 2015. “These indictments charge came after dozens of babies and toddlers are just but also timely,” he said at at press conference suspiciously died while under Jones' care, a pattern on Vega’s case last week. He wouldn’t comment on what

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ended its considerably bumpy, five-month-long ride of partisan politics that shone a spotlight on LGBT discrimination. With 24 proposed bills to limit LGBT rights, Texas already leads the nation in the number of anti-LGBT bills proposed in 2017. The biggest, of course, is the so-called “bathroom bill,” a measure that would prohibit transgender people from using public bathrooms that align with their gender identity. While it didn’t make it to the governor’s desk by the end of session, we’ve yet to see the end of the debate. Gov. Greg Abbott has called for a July 18 special session for lawmakers to hash out leftover bills like this one. And Nirenberg wants the city to pay attention. “We must unite the community to prevent bad laws from being signed at the capitol during the special session,” he said. “Whether that’s individually testifying against a bill, local business outreach...whatever we have to do. Discriminatory legislation is bad legislation.” Back in San Antonio, Nirenberg said, he’ll focus on improving the city's 2-year-old Office of Diversity and Inclusion, a department created after the 2013 passage of the non-discrimination ordinance. “I want it to be a one-stop safe place for people to voice their concerns about discrimination in the community,” he said. At the moment, he added, it’s more of an “event-planning office.” Unlike Taylor, Nirenberg voted in support of the nondiscrimination ordinance, and at a mayoral forum on the campaign trail, Nirenberg said he wanted to extend its reach to the private sector. But to get to that point, he told us he’ll need the support of his brand new city council colleagues — which have only officially met once so far. “The non-discrimination ordinance was meant to ensure no one in San Antonio was treated differently for their identity,” he said. “It’s time to fully see that out.”

particular pieces of evidence he’s basing this decades-old case on but said they are “legal and ethical.” According to Peter Elkind, a reporter who wrote a book on Jones’ original case and recently interviewed Vega’s mother for a joint ProPublica and Texas Monthly story, 2-year-old Vega died after suffering three cardiac arrests while under Jones’ care. Vega had arrived at the Bexar County Hospital for what Elkind called a “relatively routine” operation to treat her congenital heart defect. The surgery went smoothly. But while recovering in the pediatric ICU, Vega was found hooked up to a ventilator delivering far too little oxygen — and then fell into cardiac arrest later in the evening. Her mother told Elkind that her daughter was healthy and “everything was good” before Jones’ shift began. LaHood told reporters last week that his team of 12 investigators will continue to look into other children’s deaths. “We want to hold Jones accountable for as many children’s deaths as evidence will support,” he said. “And for that reason it will continue to be an open investigation.”

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their Triple-A operations to Albuquerque’s Isotopes Park, which is just barely below a mile high, to better simulate its home-run-friendly field conditions. Instead of a 2.50 earned run average, which is considered solid leaguewide, a 6.75 ERA for a Rockies’ hurler, who just can’t get his knuckle curve to torpedo into the dirt because of the thin air, is grounds for a contract extension. In 2015, the Milwaukee Brewers became the parent club of the Sky Sox and have played Triple-A games inside of Colorado Springs’ Security Service Field ever since. At 6,531 feet, it’s the highest ballpark in North America, according to The Gazette in Colorado Springs, which first reported the Sky Sox’s proposed relocation. It never made sense for the Brewers Triple-A affiliate to train deep in the Rocky Mountains because Milwaukee’s Miller Park sits at a San Antonio-esque 602 feet above sea level. “The altitude is the big albatross in the room for us to be able to find and maintain that major league partner for Triple-A baseball in the long term,” said Sky Sox president and general manager Tony Ensor in an April 2016 report by The Gazette. When then mayor Ivy Taylor and David Elmore announced – in a goofy news conference attended by Ballapeno and Henry the Puffy Taco – San Antonio’s intention of pursuing Triple-A baseball, there was zero mention of the altitude factor. During that April 2016 presser, there also wasn’t a financing package in place for a proposed new $75 million stadium, a deal that Taylor kind of sort of pulled out of after a city-commissioned feasibility study apparently showed that Triple-A baseball isn’t the payday equivalent of backing up the truck to an open, unmonitored bank vault. “This foolish journey is not over,” then City

Councilmember and now mayor Ron Nirenberg told the Current in September. “Meanwhile, we’re spending money and resources on trying to find a developer for a Triple-A stadium.” More than a year later, there still isn’t a blueprint in the works to build a Triple-A stadium to usurp the 9,200-person capacity Wolff Stadium. Last April, the Elmore Group said that they weren’t planning on paying one dime of the $75 million expense. “While we have not yet determined what the specific baseball stadium needs are to advance to Triple-A, nor have we secured private sector development partners or a stadium development plan, we will begin that process immediately,” said Missions’ president Burl Yarbrough in a prepared statement on Wednesday. Hours after Nirenberg was sworn into the mayor’s seat vacated by Taylor, he addressed the minor-league baseball shakeup, which probably sent seismic waves all over professional sports from here to the Maldives, in a prepared statement released by the Missions. “We understand that Wolff Stadium has been approved for Triple-A play in the short run. As far as any new stadium is concerned, the Elmore Sports Group has not yet presented the city with a stadium development plan that includes a private investment team, nor has a specific site been selected for a new stadium development.” It seems that Wolff Stadium could be both the shortand long-term solution if the Sky Sox’ attendance history is also shipped to Texas. As reported by The Gazette, the Colorado Springs Sky Sox home attendance last season came in around 4,600 fans per game. It was the smallest attendance number in the entire Pacific Coast League, a figure that would exactly fill Wolff Stadium — by half its capacity.

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◀ Not that it hasn’t always been there in some way, shape or form, but exaggerated, outlandish costumes and makeup concepts have flourished in recent seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race — exemplified by the likes of deranged living doll Trixie Mattel (season seven), “7-foot-tall, live-action anime character” Kim Chi (season eight) and Atlanta-based transformation specialist Nina Bo’Nina Brown (season nine). Born Pierre Leverne Dease in 1980s-era South Carolina, Brown entered the “reality” competition series on a high note, impressing guest judge Lady Gaga with two dramatic looks: a lace number modeled after an Alexander McQueen bodysuit Gaga wore to the MTV VMAs in 2009 … and a full-on Georgia peach costume DRAG built around a comical headpiece. Previously known as Beatta Bitchass and sometimes referred to by her “full name” (Nina Bo’nina Banana Fofana Osama Bin Laden Brown), the selfNina described “attention whore” went on to embrace her theatrical nature, channeling Minnie Mouse, Skeletor, a frisky feline and Bo’Nina WED an alien queen. Dubbed season nine’s “resident complainer” Brown by Entertainment Weekly, Brown unexpectedly won over fans by being forthcoming about her struggles with depression and self-esteem. “It’s something I’ve been dealing with for a long time,” Brown explained to Vulture in May. “But I do know how to put on a smile and get through it.” In what’s been described as one of the biggest upsets in Drag Race history, Brown sent fan favorite Valentina packing after an epic lip-sync battle … and then annoyed the shit out of her fellow contestants by bemoaning her own victory. Rey Lopez brings the endlessly creative chameleon to San Antonio for two shows at Heat hosted by inimitable camp queen Tencha la Jefa. $10-$25, 10:30pm & midnight, Heat Nightclub, 1500 N. Main Ave., (210) 386-4537, reylopezentertainment.com. — Bryan Rindfuss

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▲ Melissa Etheridge is a rock and roll icon par excellence. She has won two Grammys — both for Best Rock Vocal Performance — and been nominated for a slew of others. Her soulful and smoky voice pairs impeccably well with her rootsy and bluesy poprock style; she sings with a confidence and emotional immediacy that few can match; and she is every bit as celebrated for her songwriting abilities as her vocal talents. She and she alone penned her biggest hit to date, 1993’s “I’m the Only One,” and she has continuously displayed her aplomb for the art of confessional, emotionally charged songwriting. When Etheridge came out as gay

in 1993, she bravely paved the way for countless other high-profile individuals to publicly embrace their identities (remember, it wasn’t even until 1997 when Ellen DeGeneres came out), and, as such, helped loosen the grip of homophobia and fear on LGBTQ folks across America. Since then, she’s been a staunch advocate for LGBTQ rights, even as she’s released a new album every couple of years like clockwork. Her latest effort, Memphis Rock and Soul (2016), is a covers collection of the gritty songs that have inspired her. $39.50-$100, 7:30pm, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 223-8624, tobincenter.org. — James Courtney

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◀ Once a year, Ruiz-Healy Art invites a guest curator to organize a group exhibition — with the condition that several artists from the gallery’s roster are included alongside selected guest artists. Citing the success of previous shows curated by Mexico City-based Octavio Avendaño Trujillo (“Why Is the Sky Blue?”) and San Antonio’s own Jesse Amado (“Dreamers and THU Realists”), gallery owner and director Patricia Ruiz-Healy explained, “I like to give total freedom to the curator as far as theme, hanging of the show, and artists … I strive to keep a fresh dialogue and I love when unexpected juxtapositions occur.” Continuing in this tradition, RHA’s summer show takes shape in “Interval,” organized by artist, curator, musician and writer Hills Snyder. When reached for comment, Snyder described the exhibition as an “acknowledgment to the current chaos of the political climate as spewed by the White House and the concurrent reactionary spikes on social media.” Snyder selected six artists — Carlos Amorales, Fernando Andrade, Sarah Fox, Pedro Friedeberg, Nicolás Leiva and James Smolleck — he felt “were offering clearings in this messy fog.” As for the title, “Interval” found its germinating seed in an installation by Los Angeles-based artist Poppy Coles (involving a time-lapse photograph of stars creating short dashes in the night sky) that explores “the action of waiting for something to happen. “Hopefully it will present scenarios that can be observed in silence and stillness,” Snyder said — “a respite from social noise.” Free, 6-8pm, Ruiz-Healy Art, 201 E. Olmos Drive, (210) 804-2219, ruizhealyart.com. — BR

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▶ Still tittering with excitement after their well-deserved win for Best Burlesque Troupe in the Current’s annual readers’ poll (which we seconded with a critic’s pick), the effervescent and body-positive Pastie Pops are revved up and ready to celebrate LGBT Pride with the latest edition of their Big Gay Burlesque Show. Hosted in the intimate new event space at Southtown’s recently relocated Sexology Institute, the summer sizzler combines classic burlesque, boylesque, drag and comedy routines performed by troupe regulars Jasper St. James, Mary Annette, Lucy Lips and Elle Du Jour — all dolled up in risqué getups “dripping in sequins, rhinestones, feathers and lots of glitter.” Emceed by always-amusing hostess Camille Toe, the evening promises to rise to the occasion of Pride via gay anthems (by the likes of Diana Ross, Lady Gaga and Christina Aguilera), camp oddities like rapper/comic Wendy Ho’s drag queen favorite “Fuck Me,” numbers involving balloons and feather fans, a RuPaul’s Drag Race-inspired “lip sync for your life” competition and a runway walk contest (audience participation encouraged). $20-$40, pastiepops.com. — BR 8pm, Sexology Institute, 707 S. St. Mary’s St., (210) 487-0371, pastiepops.com

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◀ If you’re single and looking to mingle, or just on the hunt for a good time this Friday night, you may want to check out the Hex Your Ex Singles Mixer. Hosted by eclectic local boutique La Santa Luna and magnetic dynamo Wayne Holtz, the event will provide opportunities to burn old shit that reminds you of that jerk who did you wrong, to dance to music spun by DJs Malavida and Boi (of Doom), to catch blues-psych duo Skeleton Creek live, and, for the single crowd, to play some games that might just fast-track the arduous process of meeting someone who (finally) won’t fuck up your life. While there will (officially) be no formal spells cast or brujería practiced, the mixer will no doubt be alive with the magic of attraction. $5, 9pm, La Botánica, 2911 N. St. Mary’s St., (210) 716-0702, vivalabotanica.com. — JC

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◀ Printmaker, painter, mixedmedia artist, former UTSA art professor and local treasure Meredith Dean has a creative impulse that simply will not quit. Aside from teaching (until 2014) and creating bold, color-rich abstract works (which have been shown across the country and internationally), Dean founded the Santa Reparata

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of the earth. Comprised of two complimentary bodies of work, the exhibit is the result of Dean’s desire to “express the inter-changeable, constantly shifting, poetic, visual symbols and signs with which we attempt to describe our world.” Free, 6-9pm, REM Gallery, 219 E. Park Ave., (210) 224-1227, remgallery.com. — JC

◀ From the mind of award-winning SAT-SUN playwright Sara Ruhl comes Eurydice, a play referencing the classic Greek myth THEATER of Orpheus — but told from the perspective of his wife Eurydice. Ruhl’s atypical retelling of the myth is an artistic allegory of love and death, combining innovative language and

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moving melodies. In the play, Eurydice is torn between life among the living with her true love Orpheus, and death in the underworld alongside her father. Marking the debut of socially minded Spark Theater Company, Eurydice arrives on the Tobin stage in a production directed by Lara Benavides with an original score performed by local outfit Juncture. $29, 7:30pm Sat, 7pm Sun, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 223-8624, tobincenter.org. —Kimberly Rivera

▶ As the home of the Alamo, one of America’s greatest monuments of freedom fighting, San Antonio honors our nation’s independence through various events every year on the Fourth of July. Celebrating Independence Day weekend with Fiesta-style fanfare, the three-day Market Square Freedom Festival features local artisan crafts for sale, a plethora of food options, live music from bands spanning several genres, and of course lots of dancing, drinking and fun with family and friends (free, noon-7pm Sun-Tue, Market Square, 514 W. Commerce St., getcreativesanantonio.com). This year during Independence Day at the SUN-TUE Alamo, revisit the past with readings of the Declaration of Independence, musket/long rifle firing demonstrations, living history presentations and photo ops with reenactors. Guets can enjoy live performances by the Heart of Texas Band and Bexar Bones Trombone Quartet right in front of the Alamo, and keep Fourth cool with free paletas for the whole family (free, 9:30am-4:30pm Tue, The Alamo, of July 300 Alamo Plaza, thealamo.org). New to the list of the Alamo City’s Fourth of Celebrations July activities is Red, White & Blues at the Pearl. The Pearl campus will facilitate family-friendly picnicking, hula hoop demonstrations, a water park dance contest, drinks, food and live music by genre-blending singer-songwriter/guitarist Jackie Venson, soulful blues act Nakia and the Blues Grifters and established local rocker Will Owen Gage (free, noon-6pm, Pearl Park, 312 Pearl Pkwy., atpearl.com). Stinson Municipal Airport hosts an annual Commemorative Air Force event every Fourth of July, which showcases vintage war aircrafts like B-52s and T-51s, specifically honoring the veterans of the U.S. military who have fought to protect America’s freedom. Take swing dancing lessons, listen to live music, and bring the kids for arts and crafts activities. For a fee, take a 30-minute ride in one of the airport’s vintage planes (free, 9am-2pm Tue, Stinson Municipal Airport, 8535 Mission Road, sanantonio.gov/ssf). Last but not least is a perennial favorite, the Fourth of July Celebration at Woodlawn Lake Park. Sponsored by H-E-B, Thomas J. Henry and the San Antonio Parks Foundation, the celebration is an all-day event that kicks off with Zumba classes, mechanical bull rides and a .5-mile family fun walk. Throughout the day guests can enjoy carnival rides, food vendors and live music. Performing at this year’s celebration is New Orleans-style jazz and swing outfit the Dirty River Dixie Band. As the evening draws to a close, cuddle up with your loved ones for a spectacular fireworks finale (free, 8am-9:30pm, Woodlawn Lake Park, 3 Cincinnati Ave., saparksfoundation.org. —KR SPECIAL EVENT

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◀ The long, hot days that signal summer’s arrival bring with them the boisterous activities that make up LGBTQ Pride. Although it’s always been a popular month for Pride celebrations across the nation (many commemorating the Stonewall Riots that occurred in June of 1969), June became officially recognized as Gay and Lesbian Pride Month in 2000 via Proclamation 7316, signed by President Bill Clinton on June 2. This validation of Pride Month and the festivals themselves represents not only pride in oneself, identity and community, but a push for basic civil rights, like same-sex marriage (a nationwide right since June 26, 2015). Bucking the trend a bit by celebrating in July, Pride San Antonio SAT is set to once again take over Crockett Park and the surrounding area with the annual Pride Bigger Texas Festival & Parade. Having both made Pride Bigger Than huge strides for transgender rights in Boy Scouts Than Texas and University Interscholastic League sporting activities, Joe Maldonaldo and Mack Beggs Festival & have been named the 2017 Grand Marshals of Festival San Antonio’s Pride Parade. Our Grand Marshals are not limited to these two trans youths, however. Considered the first RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant to enter the series as a transgender woman, season nine favorite Peppermint (also known as Agnes Moore, pictured) is set to join the parade as this year’s Celebrity Marshal. After a full day of music, food, drinks and live entertainment in the park (11am-7pm), the party spills out into the streets for the Rainbow Dash (a familyfriendly one-mile fun run/walk), Krystal Kelly Running of the Queens High Heel Race at 8:45pm (waiver required), the Pride Parade at 9pm (featuring floats, marching units and local dignitaries) and a block party along the Main Strip. Free (festival entry $5), 11am-2am, Crockett Park (1300 N. Main Ave.) & Main Strip (1402-1500 N. Main Ave.), pridesanantonio.org. — Sarah Davis SPECIAL EVENT

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ART ”Augmented Reality” Organized by

Blue Star Contemporary, “Augmented Reality” showcases six artists whose works conceptualize the values of popular culture and the filters applied to “real” life, both consciously and unconsciously. $3-$5, noon-8pm Thursday, noon-6pm Friday-Sunday; Blue Star Contemporary, 116 Blue Star, (210) 227-6960.

”Culture Clash” Local artist and UTSA grad-

turned printmaking professor Juan Mora’s etched linoleum prints detail the lives, faith and values of residents on both sides of the Texas-Mexico border. $5-$10, 10am-4pm Wednesday, 10am-9pm Thursday, 10am-4pm Friday, 10am-4pm Saturday, noon-5pm Sunday, 10am-4pm Tuesday; McNay Art Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave., (210) 824-5368.

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Korver. Primarily falling within the realm of sculpture and installation, his works frequently involve the transformation of overlooked, commonplace materials — including household hallmarks such as bath towels and cast-iron skillets, and construction-site staples like shovels, gloves, bricks and sheetrock. Free, on view by appointment; Hello Studio, 1420 S. Alamo St., (210) 291-8640.

First Sunday for Families: Red, White, and Blue SAMA invites young artists in

the making to create contemporary-style patriotic paintings and take part in other festive Fourth of July art projects. $8-$15 (free for kids 12 and under and from 10am-noon), 11am-3pm Sunday; San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones Ave., (210) 978-8100.

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McNay’s Get Reel film series revives John In conjunction with the exhibition “California Cassavetes’ 1974 classic exploring mental Dreaming,” McNay curator Lyle Williams illness, gender roles, family, and love discusses artists’ communities in Los without pretention. Free, 7-9pm Thursday; Angeles and San Francisco with an emphasis McNay Art Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels on prints by David Hockney, Shepard Fairey, Ave., (210) 824-5368. John Valadez and Beth Van Hoesen. A Julie & Julia Slab kicks off its Cinema wine reception follows the talk. Free, 6pm Culinaria series with a free outdoor Thursday; McNay Art Museum, 6000 N. New screening of director Nora Ephron’s 2009 Braunfels Ave., (210) 824-5368. film starring Amy Adams as food blogger Fourth of July Artisan Show Artisans set Julie Powell and Meryl Streep as Julia up shop along the River Walk to show and Child. Free, 8:30pm Monday; Pearl Park, sell patriotic works ranging from pottery 303 Pearl Pkwy., (210) 212-7260. and textiles to paintings and jewelry. Free, 11am-11pm Friday, 10am-11pm SaturdayTHEATER Sunday, 10am-8pm Monday; San Antonio Retired: A Superhero Noir Serial The River Walk (near Chamber of Commerce Overtime stages writer/director Scott and Rivercenter Mall), (210) 227-4262. McDowell’s serialized play starring “José Arpa: A Spanish Painter in Stephan Morales as Kyle Hyde (AKA Iron Texas” The Witte celebrates the work of Star), a troubled superhero who discovers Spanish painter José Arpa, who notably retirement is not all it’s cracked up to be. $6, influenced contemporaries such as 8pm Friday-Saturday; The Overtime Theater, Porfirio Salinas and is often credited with 5409 Bandera Road, (210) 557-7562. bringing Impressionism to Texas. $9-$12, Shrek The Musical “Once upon a time, 10am-5pm Wednesday-Saturday, noonthere was a little ogre named Shrek...” 5pm Sunday, 10am-8pm Tuesday; Witte And thus begins the tale of an unlikely Museum, 3801 Broadway, (210) 357-1900. hero who finds himself on a life-changing ”#Queergrito” Co-curated, or “queer-ated” journey alongside a wisecracking donkey by Penny Boyer, Gianna Rendon and Eliza and a feisty princess who resists her Perez, the Esperanza Peace and Justice rescue. Mark McCarver directs Joshua Center’s group exhibit “#Queergrito: Goldberg (as Shrek) and Morgan Clyde Esperanza 3.0” is a “call for current cultural (as Fiona) in the Woodlawn’s production. output by LGBTQIA+ artists/cultural workers $21-$32, 7:30pm Friday-Saturday, in response to current sociopolitical 3pm Sunday; Woodlawn Theatre, 1920 crises.” Free, 11am-5pm Wednesday-Friday, Fredericksburg Road, (210) 267-8388. 11am-5pm Monday-Tuesday; Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, 922 San Pedro WORDS Ave., (210) 228-0201. 2nd Verse The Tobin welcomes local outfit ”The Expressive Mark & Other Ideas 2nd Verse for a dynamic and powerful I Stole from Painting” Masculinity, evening of spoken-word poetry, featuring modernism and the everyday object are presentations by Glo, Shaggy, Faylita, three key concepts in the work of Justin Anthony “The Poet” Flores, Vocab and

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Tebe Zalango. $28, 8pm Friday, Tobin Center for the Performing Arts, 100 Auditorium Circle, (210) 223-8624.

conservation. $25, 6-9pm Thursday; Astro SuperBowl, 3203 Harry Wurzbach Road, (210) 734-7184.

Bárbara Renaud González Activist, author Cocktails and Culture: “Wild Weather”

and absolute survivor, Bárbara Renaud The Witte draws inspiration from its “Wild González has been writing her own brand Weather” exhibit for an adults-only social of witty warrior journalism since 1997. inviting guests to build their own tornado, With the publication of her first book challenge friends in weather trivia, or have a dance-off to “make it rain.” $15, Golondrina, Why Did You Leave Me? 6:30-8:30pm Friday; Witte Museum, 3801 Renaud González became the first ever Broadway, (210) 357-1900. Chicana to be published by UT Press. The South Texas native, whose commentaries Estate Sale 95 Years in the Making have aired on NPR’s Morning Edition as Our Lady of the Convent hosts an estate well as Latino USA, has contributed her sale featuring furniture, dishes and powerful prose to such publications as other interesting items. Free, 9am-5pm The Nation, The Progressive, and The Saturday; Our Lady of the Lake Convent Los Angeles Times. Her latest book, Las Center, 515 SW 24th St., (210) 587-1120. Nalgas de JLo (published by San Antonio’s Jungle Boogie Nights Every Friday own Aztlan Libre press) collects reviews, night this summer, the San Antonio Zoo columns and essays that deal with culture, transforms into a family-friendly fiesta politics, and the strength and wonder of featuring live music, food trucks, family Latina women. Free, 11am-1pm Saturday; games and happy hour specials. $9, 6-9pm The Twig Book Shop, 306 Pearl Pkwy, Suite Friday; San Antonio Zoo, 3903 N. St. Mary’s 106, (210) 826-6411. St., (210) 734-7184.

COMEDY Redo Dot Com Redo Dot Com presents Don Barnhart A Vegas regular who specializes exclusive adults-only access to the in “recovery shows,” Don Barnhart combines stand-up, improv and hypnosis skills to tap into the power of the subconscious mind. $17, 8:30pm Wednesday-Thursday, 8:30pm & 10:15pm Friday-Saturday, 8pm Sunday; Improv San Antonio, 849 E. Commerce St., (210) 229-1420.

Key Party Bexar Stage hosts a completely

improvised BYOB show in which performers choose keys from a bowl and invite audience members on stage to share an honest conversation with a fluid ensemble. $5, 8pm Thursday; Bexar Stage, 1203 Camden St., (312) 971-7252.

SPECIAL EVENTS Bowling for Rhinos The San Antonio Zoo joins the American Association of Zoo Keepers’ (AAZK) initiative to raise funds and awareness for rhino and habitat

DoSeum’s summer exhibit, “digiPlayspace,” where adults can race through a virtual reality landscape, create a large-scale painting with their movements, play with stop-motion animation, and dive deep with a tech-focused maker space. $25, 7-9:30pm Thursday; The DoSeum, 2800 Broadway, (210) 212-4453.

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Country Saloon celebrates LGBT Pride with two stages featuring music by Savannah Votion, Stephanie Lynn, Full Circle and many others, a drag show (11pm) and raffles with proceeds benefiting Mujeres Unidas. $7, 7pm-2am Friday; SA Country Saloon, 10127 Coachlight St., (210) 560-9746.

DANCE Flamenco Dance Recital Raices De

Arte Español’s seventh annual recital showcases flamenco guitarists, vocalists and dancers. $10-$12, 7:30-9:30pm Saturday; Guadalupe Theater, 1301 Guadalupe St., (210) 875-3066.

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based artists Brenda Burmeister (new media), Michi Fink (performance art) and Charles Perez (choreography) unveil engaging new works inspired by and in response to specific locations within the historic campus of the Southwest School of Art. $5 suggested donation, 7-8:30pm Wednesday; Southwest School of Art, 300 Augusta St., (210) 224-1848. sacurrent.com • June 28-July 4, 2017 • CURRENT 29

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Clockwise from top: Perez’s mixed-media drawing Beet Juice Tux; an installation view of her studio; her sculptural object Hammer with its original sketch; her poem “Elephant Panache”; her painting Bitter Livers

There’s something slightly dark and poetic about the work of local artist Kristy Perez — who’s well known for her realistic drawings of skulls and bones but she also sculpts, paints, designs and collaborates with her partner Britt Lorraine on sets and concepts for contemporary dance pieces. Unsurprisingly, that dark, poetic spirit also pervades poems one might rightly read as text-based extensions of Perez’s visual art. During a recent visit to Perez’s Southtown studio, she suggested her practice of writing poetry likely stemmed from the attention she gives to the titles of her pieces — expressive little tidbits like Forever Is Longer Than Us, Opportunity Is Passing You By, and The Baddest Bitch. Born in San Antonio, Perez moved with her mother and stepfather to Bryan–College Station during her childhood and graduated high school in Gonzalez. Following a stint at the University of North Texas, Perez returned to San Antonio and enrolled in art classes at San Antonio College. “SAC was amazing. I just learned so much about myself and I was ready to go ... so I stopped going to school and started making stuff,” Perez explained. To support herself, Perez took a job at Anne Zanikos Art Conservation, where she spent six years restoring museum frames and polychrome wood objects (think church statues). Among the techniques Perez mastered while working alongside Zanikos, the application of gold leaf slowly but surely found its way into her own work. At its core a humorous juxtaposition of materials, Perez’s sculptural piece Invitation Only — a supersized rawhide bone gilded in gold leaf — commented on hurdles she anticipated when first breaking into the San Antonio art scene, but also announced her commitment to becoming part of it. Curated into her first group show by late local legend Chuck Ramirez in 2006, Perez earned an Artist Foundation of San Antonio grant in 2007 and has exhibited consistently ever since — including solo shows at Blue Star Contemporary (2008’s “A Comfortable Distance”), Sala Diaz (2009’s “All That Stands Between Us”), Unit B Gallery (2012’s “Once My Dark Was Cool”) and Hello Studio (2014’s “Rouge”). In 2009, Perez met Lorraine at a function and — even though they were both in committed relationships — fell for one another quickly and started making work together soon thereafter. Presented in 2010 under a stairway in the McNay’s Stieren Center for Exhibitions, the duo’s collaborative project We Are a Handful entailed Lorraine performing an hour-long, movement-based piece with 11

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Perez’s self-portrait hanging in her Southtown studio

cumbersome sandbags Perez gilded with gold leaf. Since then, the couple — working under the moniker Saintlorraine — have captivated audiences with an epic (nonstop) eight-hour interpretation of the Ballet Russe’s Rite of Spring and site-specific installations at CAM Perennial exhibitions in 2013 (Giving to Get) and 2017 (VERTEX). Currently, Perez is busy at work on “The Giving Distance,” a solo exhibition opening July 27 at the Southwest School of Art. In addition to two large-scale portraits (one of herself, one of Lorraine), one of the show’s key elements is a bound book to be printed locally by Hare & Hound Press. During our visit, Perez was in the midst of finalizing image selection for the book, which will combine minimalist, mixedmedia abstractions, representational drawings and poems. Regardless of the

medium, Perez admits themes of love, desire, beauty, volatility — and sculptural elements like suspension and pull — “just keep revealing themselves” in her work. Hanging above the bed she shares with Lorraine, a painting titled Bitter Livers pops up in our conversation on more than one occasion. Reminiscent of a blackboard bordered with dashes of hot pink, the piece functions as something of a metaphor for Perez and Lorraine’s relationship. While the painting might not directly factor into “The Giving Distance,” a poem it inspired likely will — perhaps hand-written on a gallery wall. In essence a love poem, the written version of Bitter Livers mirrors much of Perez’s visual practice — cutting through unnecessary noise to offer something minimalist, heartfelt and true.

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If there were a Chicano Tex-Mex flair. version of Tinder, Ruby Red “[The story] is very localized, but would be the first to admit with universal themes,” Barrera explains. that she’s swiped right a little too often. Which is why she chose Jump-Start as She’s the mujer who’s dated too many the space for the play’s debut. The first men and in all her years, has had a little too installment of the Tejana Trilogy, “Cuero, much fun. And in “Ruby Reds, Big Birds La Ruby Red y El Big Bird” premiered at y Burros”, the second installment of the Jump-Start, where Barrera is a company Tejana Trilogy — a three-part play written member and long-time supporter. So by San Antonio native Marisela Barrera — naturally, performing at Jump-Start, she Ruby Red is the “Chicana everywoman.” says, “just feels right.” “Everybody knows this woman,” says To match the atmosphere of her Barrera, “there’s a part of her in all of us performance space, Barrera brings that we can connect to.” a simple approach to set design and In the second piece of Barrera’s costumes. We can expect a mask to trilogy, audiences will have the pleasure help portray the character of the Donkey of meeting Ruby Red, as well as Big Bird Lady, but other than that, most of the (think modern-day Lechuza) and Cuero, costumes we’ll see will be toned-down an older man who is related to the ensembles with plenty of room left for the Donkey Lady — yes, that Donkey Lady — imagination. Barrera will be accompanied and has his own set of problemas. The by sound designer and musician George three characters’ paths eventually cross Garza, Jr., and the play will run about an in Barrera’s latest piece, in which she’ll hour-and-a-half in length. be the only performer on stage during “This is no marathon show,” Barrera three performances at Jump-Start. says, “it’s local theater.” “I’m experimenting with language When asked what’s in store for the and space,” says Barrera, who is also conclusion of the trilogy, Barrera says preparing for the show’s second run at that the ending is already written. She the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, has a stack of manuscripts, in which where she’ll be joined by a cast of actors she’s already written about 160 pages next month. The first performance, she of material, most she’s had to cut down says, will be much more intimate. Which and plans to turn into a separate play. As seems fitting for a play that aims to hit so for the characters in the Tejana Trilogy, close to home. we can expect to meet them again in Taking place in a city that mirrors Barrera’s short story collection, of which San Antonio, audiences will recognize she’s currently in the revisions stages. iconic spots like Saluté and Though she’s still searching Bill Miller BBQ, and will be for a publisher, a book familiar with the play’s comprising her work is Tejana Trilogy “Ruby Reds, Big Birds y Burros, South Texas slang and definitely on the horizon. $10-$12, 8pm Fri, Jun 30 & Sat, Jul. 1, 5pm Sun, Jul. 2, Jump-Start Performance Co., 710 Fredericksburg Road, (210) 227-5867, jump-start.org

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The Beguiled is a dramatic exploration of morality during war, but it’s not told on the battlefield or anywhere near the front lines. Rather, director Sofia Coppola’s ( Lost In Translation ) visually drab film is set mostly inside a Virginia boarding school for girls during the Civil War. By zeroing in on the location, and with the knowledge that the audience is aware of what’s going on in the immediate vicinity, Coppola effectively heightens the danger and complexity of the narrative. It’s 1864. While on a walk, young Amy (Oona Laurence) happens upon wounded Union soldier John McBurney (Colin Farrell), who’s been shot in the leg. Alone and dying, kind Amy brings John back to the seminary, which is run by Martha Farnsworth (Nicole Kidman). Being a good Christian, she instructs her colleague Edwina (Kirsten Dunst), as well as teenage Alicia (Elle Fanning) and the younger Jane (Angourie Rice), Marie (Addison Riecke), Emily (Emma Howard) and Amy to care for John, because “he’s never going to make it.”

But he does make it, and what ensues is an intriguing look at human nature, sexual desires, and betrayal. After three years of their fathers and brothers at war, now there’s a man staying in the house. Not just any man: an enemy, one who Alicia makes it a point to refer to in disdain as a “blue belly” and “Yankee.” Slowly, though, John grows on them. He smiles, is kind, doesn’t take them for granted, shows appreciation. Martha makes sure he knows he isn’t wanted, but her actions belie her words. The females know the right thing to do is care for and protect him, but they also all feel drawn to him, so an unspoken competition for his attention ensues. He welcomes and encourages all of it. What’s fascinating about Coppola’s script, which she adapted from the novel by Thomas Cullinan, is how each female feels drawn to John in different ways for different reasons depending on her age. You can see the temptation on Martha’s face as she gives an unconscious John a sponge bath. Edwina yearns for a way out of the seminary, and feels a connection that

he seems to reciprocate. Alicia’s sexual awakening corresponds with John’s arrival, making her curious to explore things she previously didn’t think about. In all instances, including those of the younger girls, The Beguiled is a triumph of performance subtlety. Take the scene in which the women play a song for John. Note the way Edwina and Alicia look at him, and the way Martha sees them looking at him. This is all done with the smallest of glances and timely editing, no words needed. And yet it says so much. How the situation evolves is daring and unexpected, not to mention twisted. You’ll think you know where it’s going, and you’ll be wrong. That’s part of the fun. It may be a bit of a slow build in the beginning, but as this happens, the production and costume design, as well as the cinematography and sounds of cannons firing off in the distance, are creating the proper mood for what’s to come. Sure enough the last third of The Beguiled packs a wallop, and at the end, you’re quite taken by what you’ve just seen.

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>The brunch gods smiled on San Antonio with news of NOLA Brunch & Beignet finally opening their doors on Sundays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. starting this past week. The New Orleans-inspired eatery opened this March with a Tuesday through Saturday BYOB brunch menu as prepared by chef-owner Pieter Sypesteyn and his team. Of course, the brunchiest day of the week is Sunday, so it’s no surprise the restaurant has added the day as part of operating hours. To celebrate the occasion, Sypesteyn and partner Susan are hosting a competition for free Dom Perignon. Rules and guidelines for entering can be found at @ nola_brunchsa. —JE

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> It has been six years since Guy Fieri, host of Food Network’s Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, made an appearance in San Antonio. The frosted-tipped-one is back for more. According to social media reports, the Mayor of Flavortown who previously visited The Cove, Tip Top Cafe, El Bohio, Moroccan Bites, Dough Pizzeria, Taco Taco, Bun ’N’ Barrel and Magnolia Pancake Haus, spent last Monday at the newly opened second location of La Panaderia at 301 E. Houston St. Though emails to Food Network have been unanswered (and La Panaderia’s public relations firm could not confirm said visit), the timing makes sense. The shop, opened by brothers Jose and David Caceres early this month, announced it would be closed for a private event for most of the day. They later confirmed Fieri’s visit via Facebook

with his spray paint “Guy Ate Here” signature. Fieri was also spotted at the Enrique Iglesias/ Pitbull concert, Rebelle (when he and Robert Irvine of Restaurant Impossible chatted with the staff for an hour), and at Mi Tierra. –JE

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> There’s a new place to quench your thirst on South Alamo Street. Originating from McAllen, Texas where their first location was based, Squeezers brought their all-natural juice stand to San Antonio at the end of last month. Though new to the Alamo City, Squeezers has been juicing since 2012 on their mission to provide a healthy way to get hydrated. The juice stand can be found situated as part of the Alamo Eat Bar food truck park in Southtown. The menu features cold-pressed and raw juices squeezed right before your eyes with no syrups or preservatives added. “Summer Water,” a blend of watermelon, pineapple and mint, was recommended as the most popular flavor for the season. The lightly sweet, but refreshing and subtly minty flavored beverage is aptly named, straddling somewhere between a heavier juice and fruit infused water. The current menu also features three blends of lemonade: mint, pineapple or strawberry plus a range of fruit and veggie blended juices with playful names such as Love Potion (watermelon, strawberry, beets), Clean Green (romaine lettuce, celery, kale) and Just Carrots (which actually isn’t just carrots, as it includes lemon). Though Squeezers stays true to their mission of being a healthy choice with organic produce and vitamin-saving

extraction methods, you can totally trick your friends that aren’t on a raw vegan diet into falling in love with the sweet colorful combos. Plus, Squeezers will reward your new clean juice habit with a customer loyalty card that will get you your eighth juice free. Be sure to inquire about a discount if you make your visit to Squeezers on a bike. Squeezers is open 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Follow them on Instagram for new flavors and times. 609 S. Alamo St. —HL

Barbecue Takeover

>The head chef of Davila’s BBQ will take part in a kitchen takeover at Restaurant Gwendolyn, serving up specialty barbecue on June 29 from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Chef Adrian Davila will bring barbecue to Victorianinspired Restaurant Gwendolyn for the first time. Davila is planning a five-course dinner that stays true to Restaurant Gwendolyn’s practices of making everything by hand and with locally sourced ingredients. The onenight-only menu will feature items such as a lollipop lamb chop on fire-roasted chimichurri with shaved shishito peppers and lime raspas. Reservations for the $75-perperson feast are required. Davila is known for his restaurant in Seguin, his soon to be released cookbook and his appearance on Food Network’s BBQ Blitz show. 152 E. Pecan St., Suite 100, (210) 222-1849. —SJ

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Lesbian bars have been shuttering across the nation, including in Austin. But the liberal mecca has no lack of LGBTQ women. Michelle Solorzano Daly, a Purple Heart Army veteran, and her partner, event planner Kelly West, saw an opportunity to provide a home base for the community. Three-and-a-half years ago, they formed a brand to promote and host events: The Lesbutante and The Boss. West, a former sorority girl and debutante, goes by the first moniker. Daly, an MBA and pants-wearer, is The Boss. L&B for short, the two began throwing free events in Austin for LGBTQ women. After seeing this group’s hunger for community, they decided to go bigger. They formed Wolfpack Productions two years ago with several of their best friends and planned Plezzure Island: the state’s first resort takeover weekend for LGBTQ women. The inaugural event took place in Galveston in September 2016. It attracted women from across the state, including San Antonio. The core group goes by The Wolfpack (which consists of Daly and West, plus Ashley Marshall, Gabby Ayala and Chelsea Tucker) and is gearing up for the second Plezzure Island — this one a four-night event at a

beachfront resort in South Padre Island. Running from September 28 to October 1, it will include pool and beach parties, DJs, dancing, speed dating, and even a neon bash and PJ soiree, Tucker says. The Wolfpack sees it as a Texas alternative to Dinah Shore, an annual lesbian party weekend in Palm Springs, California. “For years the only options were on the West Coast or East Coast, which is pricey and difficult to get to for Texas women,” Ayala says. “We now have our own space on the third coast with easy access from San Antonio and surrounding cities.” The group continues to host events in Austin, currently at the bar Sellers Underground, and San Antonio women are welcome to attend. Their staples are a monthly Ladies Night every second Friday and a monthly Thursday happy hour that benefits local nonprofits. The Wolfpack has found success with this style of event. “We saw all of the lesbian bars closing in Austin, and instead of getting pissed off, we realized that maybe the typical model doesn’t work for our community,” Ayala says. They found that having events once or twice a month was better for community-building than having a bar open nightly. Their events aren’t just for lesbians; they’re inclusive of the diverse queer community and the organizers believe

“y’all means all,” Marshall says. “There are so many incredible women in the LGBTQ community who are looking for a space [where] they feel loved and celebrated — we want anyone who comes to our events to feel like they’re leaving with an additional group of friends and support system,” she says. “With all of the legislation happening in Texas that targets trans women in particular, we are adamant in making sure that they have a space and experience where they can be themselves freely.” The Wolfpack plans to eventually host parties throughout Texas, including San Antonio, and also outside the state. Yes, their events are a blast — I’ve been to a few myself — but their mission for the community goes beyond parties. “Our goal is, and will always be, to increase visibility among LGBTQ women’s experiences,” Tucker says. Marshall adds that by increasing visibility, they hope politicians and even marketing companies take notice and see that LGBTQ women have a place at the table. She hopes those who were once in her shoes — “little girls in East Texas who think they might be gay” — can see how successful, happy and fulfilled queer women can be. To learn more about Plezzure Island, visit plezzureislandtexas.com. For other events, visit lesbutanteandtheboss.com. sacurrent.com • June 28-July 4, 2017 • CURRENT 43

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In an effort to support local musicians, Limelight has announced its first ever Band Merch Night, where fans can buy all the different kinds of swag from their favorite local artists – from hats to band T’s, stickers, and art. As the first of many more to come, this event is an opportunity to mingle with some favorite local acts, show support and explore the various genres that make up the local music scene. Three of the night’s 10 featured bands will take the stage to entertain guests as they peruse the different pop-up shops. San Antonio’s own post-punk posse Hiawatha, Austin-based metal outfit Ten Foot Beasts, and local psyche mind-melters Verisimilitude will all perform live on the Limelight stage. Band Merch Night Vol. 1 is just the cornerstone of upcoming efforts supporting San Antonio-based and other local musicians. Don’t miss out. $3.00, 9:00pm, The Limelight, Fri, June 30, 2718 N St Mary’s St, (210) 735-7775, thelimelightsa.com — KR FRI

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and filled with the mercurial myths one makes of the moonlight with murder on their mind. Many of his songs, which can vary in sound from pure, classic country to furious rockibilly, deal with run-ins with the law, extra-marital escapades, and, generally speaking, the dark side(s) of American life. In the live setting, Hancock and his band come through like a trainwreck, taking no prisoners as they brandish their devilish gospel. $10.00-$15.00, 8:00pm, The Korova, 107 Martin, (210) 995-7229, thekorova.com. — JC

The band Bush, yet another 1990s alt-rock nostalgia act visiting SA this summer, won its place in the pantheon of rock gods on the strength of its first three albums Sixteen Stone (1992), Razorbalde Suitcase (1994), and The Science of Things (1999). Even though some hardcore fans may bristle at my inclusion of that last album as one of Bush’s defining statements, the band’s third album was the last well-received material it put out. Plus, Science kind of signaled what Bush could have become, but didn’t really: an evolving creative force, learning to use electronic elements alongside the reverb-drenched guitar that had characterized the grunge movement which birthed the band. Instead, Bush dropped one more (tepid as hell) album and took a long hiatus in the aughts. Now, having somehow released three albums since 2011 (including this year’s decent but lackluster Black and White Rainbows ), Bush is out on tour. And, while the band’s recent output doesn’t quite live up to what it did in the 1990s, how could you miss a chance to hear classics like “Glycerine,” “Machinehead,” and “The Chemicals Between Us” performed live? $45.00-$200.00, 8:00pm, Aztec Theatre, 104 N St Mary’s, (210) 812-4355, theaztectheatre.com. — JC MON

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a staggeringly diverse array of talented collaborators, has released more than forty studio albums and a slew of live albums that document, in vivid color, exactly why you’ll want to be at one of Santana’s two San Antonio shows. $60.00-$225.00, 8:00pm, The Majestic, 224 E Houston St, (210) 226-3333, majesticempire.com. — JC

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MUSIC CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28 James Pardo Acoustic showcase James Pardo. Free. The Phoenix Saloon, 8:30pm Antichrist Swedish thrash band joined by Steel Bearing Hand (Dallas), Hel-razor (Houston), Aggravator (San Antonio), and Womanthrower (SA). $12-$15. Limelight, 8pm Black Diamond Kiss tribute band. Free. Picks Bar, 9pm The Georges Rockabilly act. Free. Gruene Hall, 7-11pm Mipso Indie Americana quartet from Chapel Hill. $7-$30. Sam’s Burger Joint, 8:30pm No One Gets Out Alive Tour Metal acts In Death, Repaid In Blood, Bury The Rod and Casket Robbery. $7-$10. Jack’s Bar, 7pm Primetime Jazz Orchestra John Magaldi’s Primetime Jazz Orchestra. Free. The Cove, 8-10pm Traditional Music of the Middle East Evening of Arabic, Greek, Turkish and Persian Music with Aaron Michael. Free. Naara Cafe and Hookah, 9-11pm THURSDAY, JUNE 29

Birdlegg R&B. $10. Luna, 9:30pm Canciones: Songs of Texas Tex-Mex dance party from Amber Digby and Santiago Jimenez with DJ Jason Saldana. Free. Pearl Amphitheater, 5:30-8:30pm Coven Show Post punk, goth, and deathrock with DJ Ely Bat and more. Free. The Amp Room, 9pm Dan West Open, unplugged acoustic circle with Dan West. Free. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 4pm Honey & Salt Indie prog-rock band from Austin joined by local acts The Cherry Cola Club, Benji and Godiva. $5. Imagine Books and Records, 8-11:45pm Kevin Fowler Country singer/songwriter joined by Sam Riggs. $25-$30. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 8-11pm The Lavens Family band playing original material and covers. Free. The Cove, 6:308:30pm Los Skarnales Ska/reggae act from Houston. $5. The Korova, 8pm The Mismatch Americana act. Free. The Phoenix Saloon, 9pm

210 Blues Band R&B by 210 Blues Band every Thursday & Sunday. Free. SoHo Wine & Martini Bar, 10pm

Monte Montgomery Austin guitarist and singer/songwriter joined by Bekah Kelso & the Fellas. $17-$80. Sam’s Burger Joint, 9pm

Bo Porter Country act. Free. Gruene Hall, 7-11pm

Mujeres Podridas Austin punk act. $5. Paper Tiger, 8-11pm

Guitar Wars The longest running guitar competition in the US celebrating 29 years. $5. Sam’s Burger Joint, 7pm Jacqueline Sotelo Vocal jazz. $5. Luna, 9:30pm

Pigweed Local metal act joined by The Ruined Few, 3rd War and Septiva. $5-$8. Bond’s 007 Rock Bar, 8pm

Jay Wimberley Rock and soul music every Thursday. Free. The Phoenix Saloon, 9pm

Radney Foster Americana artist and Texas songwriter. $25. Gruene Hall, 8pm

Jeremiah Jackson Guitarist and singer/ songwriter joined by local acts The Gentlemen Swank, StereoFiend and Barbaloots. $5. Imagine Books and Records, 8-11:45pm

Tejas Brothers “Tex Mex honky-tonk” $12-$15. John T Floore’s Country Store, 7-9pm

Lost in City Limits Acoustic duo playing classic 70’s rock and classic country. Free. The Cove, 7:30-10:30pm FRIDAY, JUNE 30 Arrowhead Classic and arena rock covers from Whitesnake, Van Halen, AC/DC, White Zombie, Rush, Iron Maiden, KISS, Led Zeppelin and more. Free. Booze Hounds, 9:30pm Band Merch Night Performances by Hiawatha, Teen Foot Beast and Verisimilitude. $3. Limelight, 9pm

The Texas Duet Bluegrass/honky-tonk band. Free. The Cove, 9-11pm Third Eye: A Tribute to Tool Tribute to Tool, joined by Testify (a Rage Against The Machine tribute) and Down Generation. $12$15. Aztec Theatre, 7:30pm Wednesday Ball Joined by Darryl McEachin from The Azul Experience Band. Free. The Martini Club, 9:30pm SATURDAY, JULY 1 2017 HiJack County Biker Bash Live music by FTP and Lynwood Presley King of the Heroine. $20. 6670 FM Rd 1346, 12-6pm 4th of July Weekend Bash Indie rock acts Fox

Motel, 40% Dolomite, Solitary Runaway, Deathdodger. Free. The Amp Room, 9:30pm Annika Chambers R&B. $10. Luna, 9:30pm Cheats! Music by Joe Reyes, Ryan and Joe Shortt. Free. Sancho’s Cantina, 7-9pm Dale Watson Texas country artist joined by Wayne Hancock. $15. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 8pm Hostile, Blame Canada Hostile (Pantera tribute band) is joined by Blame Canada (Rush tribute) and Rust In Piece (Megadeth Tribute). $8-$10. Bond’s 007 Rock Bar, 8pm

Ryan Bingham Americana singer/songwriter joined by Steve Earle and Jamestown Revival. $32.33-$960.74. Whitewater Amphitheater, 8pm Sunday Evening Picker Circle With Bill Lewis. Free. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 5pm MONDAY, JULY 3 Blue Water Highway Americana act from Kyle, TX. Joined by Chubby Knuckle Choir. $10. Gruene Hall, 8pm

Jack Ingram Country music artist joined by Jamie Lin Wilson. $20. Gruene Hall, 9pm

Bush British rock band performing in support of their latest album release, ‘Black and White Rainbows.’ $45-$200. Aztec Theatre, 8pm

Kori Free and the Groovehounds Blues and rock. Free. Krause’s Cafe, 8:30pm

Meat and Metal Mondays Metal night with meat and drink specials. Free. Zombies, 5pm

Mario Flores & the Soda Creek Band Country act from Helotes. $8-$10. John T Floore’s Country Store, 9pm

Not Another Fest With Howardian (Brooklyn), RMBLR (Atlanta), The Cops (Houston) and more. $8. Limelight, 4pm

Mingo Fishtrap Soul, R&B and funk. $14-$90. Sam’s Burger Joint, 10pm

Swing Nite with Bad Banjo Brown Local act performs swing/traditional jazz. $7-$10. Sam’s Burger Joint, 8:30pm

Mixer Spotlight Tone Royal & Phillip Wolf joined by DJ Quake. $5-$8. 502 Bar, 8pm Ryan Bingham Americana singer/songwriter joined by Steve Earle and Jamestown Revival. $32.33-$960.74. Whitewater Amphitheater, 8pm Saigon Kick Rock act from Ft. Lauderdale/ Miami. $20-$50. Fitzgerald’s Bar & Live Music, 8-11pm Savior from Anger Power metal act from Pennsylvania/Italy joined by Killstorm, Trejo and Shotgun Vendetta. $15. The Rock Box, 7pm Terri Hendrix w/ Lloyd Maines Americana, folk, pop, country, blues, and jazz. Joined by Lloyd Maines. $30-$35. Cave Without A Name, 7:30-9:30pm Wednesday 13 “Horror punk” act joined by Once Human, Gabriel and the Apocalypse, Even In Death and Pedagogic. $15-$17. Paper Tiger, 7pm SUNDAY, JULY 2 210 Blues Band R&B by 210 Blues Band every Thursday & Sunday night. Free. SoHo Wine & Martini Bar, 10pm

Wayne Hancock “Juke/joint swing” act from Denton, TX. $10-$15. The Korova, 8pm TUESDAY, JULY 4 12th Annual Wilkins Family Live Free & Fly Live music by Walt Wilkins & The Mystiqueros, Tina Wilkins, Alex Meixner and The South Austin Moonlighters. Free. Luckenbach Dance Hall, 1-6pm Guy Forsyth Blues act. Free. Gruene Hall, 1-5pm Independence Day Traditions Old and New The Heart of Texas Concert Band will conclude its concert season with a concert of patriotic music. Free. The Alamo, 11 am-noon Independence Day Traditions Old and New The Heart of Texas Concert Band will conclude its concert season with a second concert of patriotic music. Free. Northern Hills United Methodist Church, 3-4:30pm Jazz on the Rocks Live jazz and happy hour specials. Free. St. Anthony Hotel, 5-7pm

Flatland Cavalry Country folk/Americana act joined by Kody West. $10. Gruene Hall, 8pm

Santana Award winning rock icon and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Carlos Santana and his band SANTANA on The Transmogrify Tour to The Majestic Theatre this summer. $60-$225. The Majestic Theatre, 8pm

The Peterson Brothers Blues/soul/funk act perform in support of their self titled debut album. $10-$45. Sam’s Burger Joint, 8pm

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY by Rob Brezsny ARIES (MARCH 21-APRIL 19): This is a perfect moment to create a new tradition, Aries. You intuitively know how to turn one of your recent breakthroughs into a good habit that will provide continuity and stability for a long time to come. You can make a permanent upgrade in your life by capitalizing on an accidental discovery you made during a spontaneous episode. It’s time, in other words, to convert the temporary assistance you received into a long-term asset; to use a stroke of luck to foster a lasting pleasure. TAURUS (APRIL 20-MAY 20): Physicist Freeman Dyson told Wired magazine how crucial it is to learn from failures. As an example, he described the invention of the bicycle. “There were thousands of weird models built and tried before they found the one that really worked,” he said. “You could never design a bicycle theoretically. Even now, it’s difficult to understand why a bicycle works. But just by trial and error, we found out how to do it, and the error was essential.” I hope you will keep that in mind, Taurus. It’s the Success-ThroughFailure Phase of your astrological cycle. GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20): According to my analysis of the astrological omens, you should lease a chauffeured stretch limousine with nine TVs and a hot tub inside. You’d also be smart to accessorize your smooth ride with a $5,000-bottle of Château Le Pin Pomerol Red Bordeaux wine and servings of the Golden Opulence Sundae, which features a topping of 24-karat edible gold and sprinkles of Amedei Porcelana, the most expensive chocolate in the world. If none of that is possible, do the next best thing, which is to mastermind a long-term plan to bring more money into your life. From an astrological perspective, wealth-building activities will be favored in the coming weeks. CANCER (JUNE 21-JULY 22): When Leos rise above their habit selves and seize the authority to be rigorously authentic, I refer to them as Sun Queens or Sun Kings. When you Cancerians do the same — triumph over your conditioning and become masters of your own destiny — I call you Moon Queens or Moon Kings. In the coming weeks, I suspect that many of you will make big strides towards earning this title. Why? Because you’re on the verge of claiming more of the “soft power,” the potent sensitivity, that enables you to feel at home no matter what you’re doing or where you are on this planet. LEO (JULY 23-AUG. 22): You may not realize it, but you now have a remarkable power to perform magic tricks. I’m not talking about Houdini-style hocus-pocus. I’m referring to

practical wizardry that will enable you to make relatively efficient transformations in your daily life. Here are some of the possibilities: wiggling out of a tight spot without offending anyone; conjuring up a new opportunity for yourself out of thin air; doing well on a test even though you don’t feel prepared for it; converting a seemingly tough twist of fate into a fertile date with destiny. How else would you like to use your magic? VIRGO (AUG. 23-SEPT. 22): Feminist pioneer and author Gloria Steinem said, “Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don’t feel I should be doing something else.” Is there such an activity for you, Virgo? If not, now is a favorable time to identify what it is. And if there is indeed such a passionate pursuit, you should do it as much as possible in the coming weeks. You’re primed for a breakthrough in your relationship with this life-giving joy. To evolve to the next phase of its power to inspire you, it needs as much of your love and intelligence as you can spare. LIBRA (SEPT. 23-OCT. 22): One of the 21st century’s most entertaining archaeological events was the discovery of King Richard III’s bones. The English monarch died in 1485, but his burial site had long been a mystery. It wasn’t an archaeologist who tracked down his remains, but a screenwriter named Philippa Langley. She did extensive historical research, narrowing down the possibilities to a car park in Leicester. As she wandered around there, she got a psychic impression at one point that she was walking directly over Richard’s grave. Her feeling later turned out to be right. I suspect your near future will have resemblances to her adventure. You’ll have success in a mode that’s not your official area of expertise. Sharp analytical thinking will lead you to the brink, and a less rational twist of intelligence will take you the rest of the way.

SAGITTARIUS (NOV. 22-DEC. 21): In my dream, I used the non-itchy wool of the queen’s special Merino sheep to weave an enchanted blanket for you. I wanted this blanket to be a good luck charm you could use in your crusade to achieve deeper levels of romantic intimacy. In its tapestry I spun scenes depicting the most love-filled events from your past. It was beautiful and perfect. But after I finished it, I had second thoughts about giving it to you. Wasn’t it a mistake to make it so flawless? Shouldn’t it also embody the messier aspects of togetherness? To turn it into a better symbol and therefore a more dynamic talisman, I spilled wine on one corner of it and unraveled some threads in another corner. Now here’s my interpretation of my dream: You’re ready to regard messiness as an essential ingredient in your quest for deeper intimacy. CAPRICORN (DEC. 22-JAN. 19): Your word of power is “supplication” — the act of asking earnestly and humbly for what you want. When practiced correctly, “supplication” is indeed a sign of potency, not of weakness. It means you are totally united with your desire, feel no guilt or shyness about it, and intend to express it with liberated abandon. Supplication makes you supple, poised to be flexible as you do what’s necessary to get the blessing you yearn for. Being a supplicant also makes you smarter, because it helps you realize that you can’t get

what you want on the strength of your willful ego alone. You need grace, luck, and help from sources beyond your control. AQUARIUS (JAN. 20-FEB. 18): In the coming weeks, your relationships with painkillers will be extra sweet and intense. Please note that I’m not talking about ibuprofen or acetaminophen or aspirin. My reference to painkillers is metaphorical. What I’m predicting is that you will have a knack for finding experiences that reduce your suffering. You’ll have a sixth sense about where to go to get the most meaningful kinds of healing and relief. Your intuition will guide you to initiate acts of atonement and forgiveness, which will in turn ameliorate your wounds. PISCES (FEB. 19-MARCH 20): Don’t wait around passively as you fantasize about becoming the “Chosen One” of some person or group or institution. Be your own Chosen One. And don’t wander around aimlessly, biding your time in the hope of eventually being awarded some prize or boon by a prestigious source. Give yourself a prize or boon. Here’s one further piece of advice, Pisces: Don’t postpone your practical and proactive intentions until the mythical “perfect moment” arrives. Create your own perfect moment.

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SCORPIO (OCT. 23-NOV. 21): The tides of destiny are no longer just whispering their message for you. They are shouting. And what they are shouting is that your brave quest must begin soon. There can be no further excuses for postponement. What’s that you say? You don’t have the luxury of embarking on a brave quest? You’re too bogged down in the thousand and one details of managing the day-to-day hubbub? Well, in case you need reminding, the tides of destiny are not in the habit of making things convenient. And if you don’t cooperate willingly, they will ultimately compel you to do so. But now here’s the really good news, Scorpio: The tides of destiny will make available at least one burst of assistance that you can’t imagine right now. sacurrent.com • June 28-July 4, 2017 • CURRENT 53

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